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Old 23-07-2009, 09:33 PM
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No it doesn't. It will confirm the Standard Model of Particle Physics.

The application of the Higgs field to cosmology (of which the Higgs boson is the QM particle of interaction) was one of the first applications of a scalar field to explain inflation. It wasn't very successful and has been replaced by more exotic scalar fields.

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That's correct. Unless they don't find the Higgs and/or it turns out to not fit their predictions for what it's supposed to be. Or they may find something else entirely, who knows.

When is the LHC supposed to be back in full order and up and running??
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